Thursday, June 19, 2008

Human rights outcry over airport detainees / Sunday Herald, 15 June 2008
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2342373.0.human_rights_outcry_over_airport_detainees.php
John Bynorth
"Suspected illegal immigrants are being held in holding rooms at UK airports and ports without regular independent scrutiny of their welfare and human rights, three years after the prisons watchdog recommended in a report to the home secretary that detainees should be monitored. The situation is affecting thousands of people detained each year over visa and other document irregularities by the UK Border Agency at three non-residential facilities run by Group 4 Securicor at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports, and Scotland's immigration reporting centre at Festival Court in Glasgow."